SCORES: Red Sox 3, Yankees 3; Orioles 6, Red Sox 4
RECORD: 9-3-4
BREAKDOWN: A Red Sox split squad tied the Yankees Sunday at JetBlue Park. Tanner Houck, who is vying for a rotation spot, grinded through 3⅓ innings on a whopping 75 pitches. Houck ran a lot of deep counts, a flaw of his, yielding two earned runs on four hits and a pair of walks while striking out four.
“Later on, I was definitely just rushing down the mound, getting quick again,” said Houck, whose start was his third of the spring. “It was the same thing I was doing in my first outing. Just too much upper half going too early and just leaving the arm hanging behind.”
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The Sox dropped their road game with the Orioles at Ed Smith Stadium. Kutter Crawford lasted 3⅔ innings and struck out four, allowing three runs and walking one. Adley Rutschman provided much of the spark for the O’s with a fourth-inning grand slam off farmhand Ryan Miller.
NEXT: The Red Sox will head to Dunedin for a 1:07 p.m. Monday contest with the Blue Jays, airing on NESN 360, MLB Network, and WEEI. Lefthander Chris Murphy will take the ball against Toronto’s Alek Manoah.
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